Farid Basharat
"Ferocious"
14-0-0
VS
2026-07-11
UFC 329
Bantamweight
John Garza
"Mowgli"
6-1-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Farid Basharat 'Ferocious'
54.1% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
60%
Decision
19%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
Decision60.0%
KO / TKO19.5%
Submission20.6%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 136.1%
Round 236.5%
Round 3+27.3%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 40% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Farid Basharat
John Garza
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
21%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
15%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
11%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Farid Basharat
8%
Age
John Garza
5%
Age
Farid Basharat
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Farid Basharat
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
John Garza
3%
Distance strike defense
Farid Basharat
2%
Fights per year
Farid Basharat
2%
Past prime
John Garza
2%
Head absorption rate
Farid Basharat
2%
Fights per year
John Garza
2%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
2%
← pushes toward Farid Basharat pushes toward John Garza →
Bars show each factor's SHAP contribution to this specific prediction — how much it pushed the win probability toward one fighter, given everything else the model knows. Percentages are each factor's share of the total push across the top 30 factors.

Farid Basharat

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox

John Garza

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: Orthodox